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Rabbits run back to beat LQPV in 3A playoffs

​Story courtesy of Jake McNeill/Marshall Independent MARSHALL — Despite a slow start to the game, the Wabasso softball team’s pitching and bats prevailed in their Section 3A quarterfinal matchup against No. 2S Lac qui Parle Valley on Saturday. The Rabbits trailed 3-0 after the top of the second, but they responded with 10 unanswered runs to claim a 10-3 win and return to the section semifinals. “We try not to let the defense affect the offense, so we just try to keep picking ourselves up, pick each other up and keep pushing, never give up,” Wabasso outfielder Camryn Irlbeck ...

Sleepy Eye storms by MCW in playoffs

SLEEPY EYE — Carson Uecker's bases-loaded triple over the Martin County West right fielder's head helped the Sleepy Eye Indians to a 12-2 Section 2A Baseball Tournament opening-round win Thursday. The game ended in the fifth due to the 10-run lead rule. “I got a pitch where I wanted ...

Area roundup: Nicollet knocks off USC in 2A tourney

PREP SOFTBALL NICOLLET 1, USC 0 (8 INNINGS) Seventh-seeded Nicollet upset second-seeded and fourth-ranked United South Central 1-0 in a Section 2A Softball Tournament game on Thursday. “I just kept telling the girls, ‘Give me one run here and we can do this,’” Nicollet head ...

Lakers, Cubs begin amateur season ranked

When the Class C amateur baseball rankings came out this year, two Tomahawk East League teams — the Hanska Lakers and the Courtland Cubs — found themselves in the top 10. The Lakers, after falling in the semifinals last year, are ranked No. 1 after the two teams that made last year’s ...

Degner works to start legion program in Nicollet

NEW ULM — In an effort to build the Minnesota Valley Lutheran baseball program, Chargers head baseball coach Micah Degner said that starting a DII American Legion baseball team that will have a home base in Nicollet is a way to get his Chargers players to play summer baseball together. “This is a way to get a lot of our players — who currently are not playing any summer baseball — to figure out a way to play together.” Degner said. “Some of the players who do play summer baseball are scattered around and playing in different places. So in order to build a program and give ...

Morton comes home, joins Gophers wrestling team

When Drayden Morton graduated Sibley East High School as a three-time state individual wrestling champion in 2022, he had his eyes set on more gold. That gold was the continuation of his wrestling career with the Minnesota Golden Gophers. But Morton’s faith and a conversation with ...